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Jun 2013
9:18pm, 26 Jun 2013
10,434 posts
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SODIron © 2002
PtB...thanks for the comments, not sure I appreciated being called a 'loon' though...
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Jun 2013
7:46am, 27 Jun 2013
3,682 posts
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paul the builder
LOL. Not the first time, I'll bet. 
Buzby - no-one is suggesting GFA times should be literally the same time for both M and F. I think SOD proposed that they should be the same *WAVA* - so an example would be 3:16 for a 40yo M and 3:47 for a 40yo F then. And I think SOD observed that the WAVA performance required across the range of ages, and between the geneders, wasn't a very level playing field in some situation.
Your example shows that it's slightly favoured to women at the 40yo level. I don't have the time to go find the tables right now, but if 3:16 (M) = 3:47 (F), then the old 3:10 (M) is equivalent to 3:40-3:41 probably (F), and the current 3:05 (M) must equal around 3:35 (F). Compared to the actual 40yo GFA for women of 3:45.
But I'm not saying this is a bad thing, just a thing.
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Jun 2013
7:53am, 27 Jun 2013
5,716 posts
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Bazoaxe
Should be first past the post.....first 35,000 over the line get a spot the next year if they want it. If they dont take it up then its a ballot. Sorted
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Jun 2013
8:00am, 27 Jun 2013
1,903 posts
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Curly45
Lol to Baz! That would give you a massive entry fee at the very least.. Charity runners do subsidise gfa because the charities pay up to £500 for the place!
Agree with PtB's analysis re: the times being about the best balance for vlm in terms of times and gender split. I'm pleased to see the open age women's times get tougher, hopefully that's indicative of improving standards.
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Jul 2013
10:47am, 1 Jul 2013
291 posts
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buzby123
Has anybody heard back on this yet? I applied last Tuesday, it said reply within 7 days, I wait with anticipation.
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Jul 2013
10:57am, 1 Jul 2013
680 posts
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djwatson74
Buzby, thinking just the same, might give them a ring wednesday. Think we are all feeling the same.
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Jul 2013
11:00am, 1 Jul 2013
1,914 posts
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Curly45
I suspect they are running a bit slow due to volume of entries, in that, previously the system was post off bit of paper, paper arrives into office a few a day, now its all done online, all 3000 or whatever are popping in at once. A few peeps on the 3:15 thread who applied on Monday had heard I think
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Jul 2013
11:23am, 1 Jul 2013
292 posts
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buzby123
patience is a virtue, I am not patient lol
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Jul 2013
1:45pm, 1 Jul 2013
106 posts
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oneronaldo
Got my GFA acceptance today.
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Jul 2013
1:56pm, 1 Jul 2013
293 posts
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buzby123
nice one Ronaldo
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